Pressure sores common after hip operations
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Pressure sores in elderly patients. The epidemiology related to hip operations.
The prevalence and onset of pressure sores was studied in 283 patients admitted to a general hospital with either fracture of the proximal femur or for elective hip surgery. Ninety patients developed pressure sores, of which 60 are reported in detail. Most were in women aged 70 or more who had been admitted with hip fractures. The majority of pressure sores started soon after admission, particu...
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Orthopaedica Scandinavica
سال: 1987
ISSN: 0001-6470
DOI: 10.3109/17453678709146467